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Subcommittee on Local Government

FIRST MEETING

2019-2020 Regular Session - Wednesday, January 23, 2019

STATE OF MINNESOTA FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIRST SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MINUTES

Representative Elkins, Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Local Government, called the meeting to order at 9:49 AM on January 23, 2019 in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

ELKINS, Steve, Vice-Chair
MCDONALD, Joe, GOP Lead
FREIBERG, Mike
HERTAUS, Jerry
KOZNICK, Jon
LIEN, Ben
XIONG, Tou

Members excused:
MASIN, Sandra, Chair

A quorum was present.

Subcommittee on Local Government members and staff introduced themselves.

Presentation on local government terms and the relation between the state and legislature.
Deborah Dyson, House Research Staff

Overviews on the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, Metro Cities, the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Municipal Legislative Commission.

Testifiers for overviews:
Elizabeth Wefel – The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities
Patricia Nauman – Metro Cities
Gary Carlson – The League of Minnesota Cities
Tom Poul – The Municipal Legislative Commission

The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 AM.





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Representative Sandra Masin, Chair



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Anna Fineanganofo,
Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..

I. Call to Order
II. Introductions
III. Rules
IV. House Research, Presentation
V. Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, Presentation
VI. Metro Cities: Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, Presentation
VII. League of Minnesota Cities, Presentation
VIII. Municipal Legislative Commission, Presentation
IX. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 6, 2019